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The town, home to 2,111 people, lies in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est.
Safety is its strong suit — an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 10 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Residents’ health trails most towns (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on schools: bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 3 points below the expected rate. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,742/m² takes 5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Territoire de Lunéville à Baccarat.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Chanteheux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Chanteheux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chanteheux with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Chanteheux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Chanteheux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Petit château du Prince Charles-Alexandre de Lorraine, dit La Favorite, in Lunéville, 1.1 mi away.
3.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage and other places to visit in and near Chanteheux. Best known first.
AttractionChâteau de Lunéville2.6 km west, in LunévilleChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Favorite1.8 km west, in LunévilleAbbeyAbbeyHôtel abbatial Saint-Rémy de Lunéville2.7 km west, in LunévilleAbbeyAbbeyPrieuré de Ménil à Lunéville2.5 km southwest, in LunévilleChâteauChâteauChâteau du Fréhaut4.2 km south, in HériménilPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chanteheux.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Chanteheux’s deaths ran at 104 per 100 expected, higher than both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (91) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 185 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 192, 4% more. In Meurthe-et-Moselle, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.7 years for women and 79.2 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. There are 2 general practitioners in the town.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Of the graded crimes in Chanteheux, burglary came up most often (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 34 offenses locally in 2025.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 18.8% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,742/m², below both Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (€1,859/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 56 homes in Chanteheux. Of the homes sold, 98% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,748/m² | 55 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 1.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Ernest BichatNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 139 | 78%−8 pts |
| Lycée Ernest BichatNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 285 | 96%−1 pt |
| Lycée des métiers d'art, de l'ingénierie, des sciences de l'industrie et du bâtiment Boutet-de-MonvelBest against expectations: 12 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 40 | 98%+12 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The share of residents under 15 is 16%. Ages in Chanteheux split evenly at 46.9: half are older, half younger. 11% of the population is aged 15 to 24, in line with Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%).
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Chanteheux | Meurthe-et-Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Meurthe-et-Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income was €27,700 a year per consumption unit, above Meurthe-et-Moselle’s towns (€25,715) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Chanteheux holds 550 jobs; 900 of its residents are in work, so 0.6 jobs each. Also worth knowing: at the census, 3.8% of working residents in Chanteheux didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Chanteheux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Chanteheux yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chanteheux | 2,111 | — | — | B+ | A− | C− |
| Lunéville | 18,262 | 1.5 | C | A− | D | C− |
| Blainville-sur-l'Eau | 3,893 | 6.2 | B | A− | C | D |
| Damelevières | 3,080 | 7 | A+ | B+ | A | A− |
| Dombasle-sur-Meurthe | 9,424 | 8.1 | B+ | B+ | C+ | B |
| Rosières-aux-Salines | 2,810 | 8.9 | B+ | A− | C | C− |
| Varangéville | 3,536 | 10 | B+ | A− | B | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 37% of compared French towns. 96% of 285 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Ernest Bichat in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chanteheux grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Chanteheux is a commune of 2,111 people in the Communauté de communes du Territoire de Lunéville à Baccarat. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.